Targeted Screening Strategies to Detect Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Children

Chagas disease kills more people than any other parasitic disease in the Americas. The disease is caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a single-cell parasite which is transmitted between people and other mammals by triatomine insects. Chagas disease control programs in Latin America have focused mainly on s...

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Main Authors: Levy, Michael Z., Kawai, Vivian, Bowman, Natalie M., Waller, Lance A., Cabrera, Lilia, Pinedo-Cancino, Viviana V., Seitz, Amy E., Steurer, Frank J., Cornejo del Carpio, Juan G., Cordova-Benzaquen, Eleazar, Maguire, James H., Gilman, Robert H., Bern, Caryn
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2007
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2154390/